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MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04. ALTHOUGH ITS "TEETH" ARE PAINTED ON THE FUSELAGE TO RESEMBLE THE JAWS AND TEETH OF THE NOTORIOUS AUSTRALIAN GREY NURSE SHARK AFTER WHOM THE SQUADRON IS NAMED, THE ACTUAL "BITE" COMES FROM ITS CANNON, SHOWN BETWEEN TWO OF THE AIRCRAFT'S FOUR AIRSCREWS. NO. 457 (SPITFIRE) SQUADRON RAAF OPERATING IN THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC, FOLLOWS THE PRECEDENT SET BY THE FAMOUS FLYING TIGER AIRCRAFT OF CHINA AND THE KITTYHAWK SQUADRON OF THE MIDDLE EAST IN PAINTING AIRCRAFT TO APPEAR LIKE A SHARK'S NOSE.
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04. LOOKING INTO THE JAWS OF THIS SPITFIRE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT FROM THE AUSTRALIAN "GREY NURSE" SQUADRON GIVES SOME IDEA OF THE AIRCRAFT'S FIE
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04. FOLLOWING THE PRECEDENT SET BY THE FAMOUS FLYING TIGER AIRCRAFT IN CHINA AND LATER BY AN AUSTRALIAN KITTYHAWK SQUADRON IN THE MIDDLE EA
A Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII (Tropicalised) aircraft, serial number A58-672, of 457 ("Shark") Squadron RAAF, in flight over Morotai Island. This aircraft was issued to 457 Squadron on 7 May 1945. Th
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-04. GROUND CREWS AT WORK UNDER A CAMOUFLAGE CANOPY. THIS FOUR-BLADED SPITFIRE, LIKE THE AUSTRALIAN GREY NURSE SHARK AFTER WHICH IT IS NAMED
Western Desert, Libya. 1 June 1942. The American Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk bomber aircraft which is proving highly successful in the present desert operations. Diving at terrific speed on the enemy's col
Western Desert, Libya. 1 June 1942. The American Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk bomber aircraft which is proving highly successful in the present desert operations. Diving at terrific speed on the enemy's col
